People of the Lake

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discussed in Leakey’s biography

Leakey proposed controversial interpretations of his fossil finds. In two books written with science writer Roger Lewin,
Origins (1977) and
People of the Lake (1978), Leakey presented his view that, some 3 million years ago, three hominin forms coexisted:
Homo habilis,
Australopithecus africanus, and
Australopithecus boisei....